HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2018-142 Approving Greater Southdale District Plan 2019 Comp Plan UpdateRESOLUTION NO. 2018-142
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GREATER SOUTHDALE DISTRICT PLAN FOR THE
2019 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Edina, Minnesota, as follows:
Section 1. BACKGROUND & FINDINGS.
1.01 The Greater Southdale District was area is cited as an area of potential change in the 2008
Edina Comprehensive Plan; as such the City Council authorized the Planning Commission to
complete a Small Area Plan.
1.02 A Work Group consultant team was assembled to develop the Plan in 2015. The work group
consisted of three members of the Planning Commission, members appointed by City Council,
commercial property and business owner representatives, and neighborhood representatives.
1.03 Phases three and four of the planning process started in October 2017. Community outreach
in phase three included two community meetings and many work group meetings that were
open to the public.
1.04 The plan provides a framework for making decisions based on a shared community vision for
the District's evolution. It builds on the District's assets while charting a more urban and
connected vision to create a more livable, even more, prosperous, mixed -use district in which
to live, work, shop, play, learn and feel part of the community.
1.05 The Greater Southdale District Plan includes aspirations, recommended goals, policies and
implementation steps with respect to economic vitality and competitiveness, urban design,
land use, transportation and mobility, parks and public life, district services and facilities,
sustainability and water resources.
1.07 On December 12, 2018, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the
Comprehensive Plan Amendment to add the Greater Southdale District Plan with two
amendments: To remove pages 77 & 78 as they are the Zoning Map and Height Overlay
District, which are not needed within the plan; and the implementation strategies
recommended by Commissioner Miranda be put into the implementation section of the plan.
Section 2. APPROVAL
NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved that the City Council of the City of Edina, approves the
Comprehensive Plan amendment to adopt the Greater Southdale District Plan subject to Metropolitan
Council review and approval. The following edits must be included in the plan:
1. Remove pages 77 (existing zoning) and 78 (height overlay district).
2. Edit page 86 to explain how the building condition survey was done.
CITY OF EDINA
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RESOLUTION NO. 2018-142
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3. The implementation strategies recommended by the Planning Commission shall be
forwarded to the Transportation Commission and the Energy and Environment
commission for consideration.
4. Page 19 shall be edited to refer to the city's affordable housing policy and not list
specifics of the policy.
ATTEST:
Sharon Allison, City Clerk � James B. Hovland, Mayor
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
CITY OF EDINA
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CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify that
the attached and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its Regular
Meeting of December 18, 2018, and as recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of , 2018.
City Clerk